Safety and feasibility of triage and rapid discharge of patients with chest pain from emergency room: A pragmatic, randomized noninferiority control trial of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0 to 1 hour pathway vs conventional 0 to 3 hour accelerated diagnostic protocol.

Patients presenting with chest pain represent a significant proportion of Emergency Department (ED) attendances but only a minority, typically 10%, have a final diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI). Prompt discharge of patients without MI will alleviate ED overcrowding as well as improve patient satisfaction and reduce exposure to risk of hospital acquired infections such as Covid 19. The measurement of cardiac troponin (cTn) by a high sensitivity method is recommended by the National Institute for health and Care Excellence (NICE) for rapid categorization of patients presenting with chest pain.

Independent Predictors of Repeat Emergency Room Presentations: Insights from a Cohort of 1066 Consecutive Patients with Non-Cardiac Chest Pain Generating 4770 Repeat Presentations.

Background And Importance: Chest pain (CP) is one of the most frequent presentations to the emergency department (ED), a large proportion of which is non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP). Repeat attendances to ED are common and impose considerable burden to overstretched departments.

Objective: Our aim was to determine drivers for repeat ED presentations using NCCP as the primary cause of index presentation.

A pain in the neck.

A 21-year-old man presented to the emergency department with pain and swelling to the right side of his neck and chest wall with associated shortness of breath. Two days earlier, while playing football, he had been involved in a minor collision with another player where he was struck on the right side of his head, but had managed to continue playing. On examination, the patient had extensive cervical surgical emphysema.